President's Message

Dear Members and Friends,

Happy New Year 2023. My dearest heartfelt wishes to you and your family. May this year be full of hope, joy and opportunity.

It is my honor to be elected as the President for the 2022/2023 session on the 25^th Anniversary. I wish to extend my great appreciation to the Immediate Past President Cr Conrad Fung for his exceptional service and achievements during his presidency in our institute despite the prolongated pandemic. My sincere thanks also to the 2021/2022 Council and Committee members for their remarkable work and contributions. 2022 has been a successful year, I have no doubt the Council and Committee members of the current term would continue their outstanding support and service to propel the institution to new heights.

The HKICM 25^th Anniversary Dinner cum Construction Management Awards (CMA) 2022 Presentation Ceremony was successfully held on 18 Nov 2022 at Kerry Hotel. We were delighted to have Ir LAM Sai Hung, GBS, JP, Secretary for Transport and Logistics as our Guest-of-Honour as well as Mr HO Sai Chu, GBM, GBS, JP, winner of Outstanding Achievement Award, Ir Thomas HO On Sing, JP, Chairman, Construction Industry Council and Ms YU Po Mei, Clarice, JP, Director of Buildings, Buildings Department, Head Juror of CMA 2022 as VIP guests. Nearly 480 distinguished guests and members joining us that evening, including officials from Government Departments and Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in HKSAR.

Nurturing the next generation of construction managers and supervisors is our core objective. We have concluded a memorandum of intention with Hong Kong Institute of Construction (HKIC) of Construction Industry Council (CIC) last year. We have now been meticulously discussing career paths with HKIC to convert a wide variety of the qualified graduates to be HKICM’s range of professional members.

To promote greater awareness and interest to enhance and entrench safety culture into the construction management ecosystem, we have organized Safety Quiz 2022 jointly with Hong Kong Construction Association (HKCA). Preliminaries have been completed on-line on 10 December 2022, while the Semi-finals and Finals will be conducted in person at Kerry Hotel on 14 Jan 2023, in time to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year.

The trend of the past few weeks across both sides of the border certainly allows us to be optimistic for reconnecting with our mainland, and especially the Greater Bay Area connections in 2023. It is our sincere hope that Hong Kong will maintain its leadership role in the region for many years to come! We are very thankful to all stakeholders for supporting the HKICM over the past 25 years. Our entire team wishes you and your loved ones a happy festive season and a healthy and successful new year!

Best wishes,